Political Science · Comparative Political Analysis
Dependency theory arose in the late fifties and the sixties as an extended critique of which of the following perspectives?
ATraditional perspective
BMedieval perspective
CAncient perspective
DModernization perspective ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Modernization perspective — Dependency theory arose as a critique of the modernization perspective, so the answer is the modernization perspective.
Explanation
★Dependency theory arose as a critique of the modernization perspective, so the answer is the modernization perspective.
★Modernization theory said poor countries develop by following the Western path.
★Dependency theorists rejected this optimistic view.
★They argued that the rich core keeps the poor periphery underdeveloped.
★Underdevelopment is created by unequal global economic relations.
★So dependency theory is a critique of modernization theory.
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